I wrote this up for anyone looking for basic safety and carseat information. A little different perspective than other reviews. The full, very long and very boring version can be found here along with photos- 2010 Toyota Prius Review: Kids and Safety The safety related content is copied below with permission from the author;-)
Thanks for the great writeup. BTW, I thought I remembered that 65 (I guess they meant 64.5 ;-) ) put you in the top 8% (averaged over several model-years; maybe 2003-2008 or something like that) - and if so, I guess the 2010 Prius is definitely in the top 10%. They show that the safety-% corresponding to a certain SCORE is rapidly increasing with each model-year. This is great and underscores that carmakers are responding with safer cars every year. I hope the SCORE system catches on and becomes more recognized.
Yup, rounding caused the Prius to miss the recommended notation for vehicles with a rounded score of 64 or less. The increasing number of very safe vehicles kept it out of the top 10%, but still pretty good for a vehicle of its size.
